In this course, I'm going to cover topics including whyyou might choose to create PDF forms instead of HTML forms,how you can design the underlying form artwork in commonapplications such as Microsoft Word or Adobe Illustrator or Adobe InDesign.How you can add form fields and then edit them, in Acrobat 11 Pro,and of course how you distribute your forms and then how you capture that data.Because afterall, that's what a form is for.For gathering data and bringing it back to you in a format that makes sense.

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10/29/2013

PDF forms are easier to design, distribute, and capture data than either web or print forms. Let Claudia McCue show you just how effortless PDF forms can be, in this Adobe Acrobat course. First, learn how to design a basic form in Word, Illustrator, or InDesign. Then Claudia shows you how to add interactive fields like check boxes, buttons, dropdown lists, and digital signature fields; how to add calculations that can total or average your data; and how to write some simple JavaScript that will unlock more advanced form functionality. Plus, learn how distribute your forms via email and on the web.

Topics include:

Designing forms

Exporting PDFs from Word, Illustrator, or InDesign

Creating and editing text fields, list boxes, and more

Adding buttons and check boxes

Converting frames to fields

Creating matrixes

Adding calculations

Enabling PDFs for Acrobat Reader

Skill Level Intermediate

3h 42m

Duration

315,700

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Q: Forms Central is mentioned in the course but not covered. Why not?

A: Adobe decided to discontinue the feature, so we removed coverage of it from this course.